EVJCC Blog
Spirit Week: An Opportunity for Tikkun Olam
Children love any opportunity to dress up: Costumes, favorite colors, book characters, you name it! This year, Halloween is on a Friday and as a Jewish school, we choose to focus on other aspects of fall, treat giving, etc. After all, March is right around the corner...
Letters of Light: An artist’s healing memorial to the Bibas brothers
Exhibit delves into the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew lettersAs she listened to the beautiful sounds of piano music during a concert at the East Valley JCC in March 2023, Violet Zilman had a vision of white Hebrew letters on canvas flowing on the walls of the...
Yom Hashoah commemoration to feature Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman
The Center for Holocaust Education at the East Valley JCC invites the community to an evening of remembrance and reflection at the annual East Valley Yom Hashoah commemoration on Wednesday, April 23. The event will begin with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by a 6...
From Devastation to Dedication: A Holocaust Torah’s new home in an Israeli yeshiva
A Torah desecrated during the Holocaust has been saved and will be rededicated in memory of the victims of Oct. 7, in honor of the IDF soldiers who are defending the Jewish people and with hope that all the hostages return home. Members of the Greater Phoenix...
Stand together in Jewish solidarity: Adopt the Mahane Shura Casualty Unit
Since Oct. 7, more than 150 brave soldiers, rabbis, doctors, dentists, officers, investigators and military personnel have been working day and night dealing with the unspeakable horrors committed against Israeli civilians and soldiers when Hamas terrorists...
EVJCC launches Six Million Voices
Arizona U.S. Representative Greg Stanton hosted a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Jan. 31 to officially launch Six Million Voices, the East Valley JCC's new global nonprofit and immersive Holocaust education initiative. In the past two years, more than...
Lone Soldier Project in Fall 2023: 1,300 letters, $6K and 55 knitted hats
This year’s Hanukkah Greetings campaign for the Lone Soldier Project received tremendous support and we are grateful to all the organizations and individuals who participated this year. Here’s a recap: More than 1,300 Hanukkah greetings were sent from 18 religious...
ELC Kindergarten launches new garden program
The East Valley JCC’s Early Learning Center launched a new Kid’s Gardening program this fall. Since September, the center’s kindergarten class has been busy planting and maintaining their new garden, which is part of their curriculum. This curriculum includes a...
EVJCC Holocaust Education Center partners with YU for Holocaust education certificate
The Center for Holocaust Education of the East Valley JCC has partnered with The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University to offer a new advanced certificate in Holocaust education. The school is currently accepting...